Malacostraca |
Decapoda |
Portunidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; freshwater; brackish. Tropical
Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands and Mauritania to Angola.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 6.8, range 5 - ? cm Max length : 12.2 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 127254)
Maximum carapace width: 12.5 cm. Estuarine species inhabiting fresh, brackish and salt water (Ref. 435).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) 1981 True Crabs. 6: pag.var. In FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic (fishing areas 34, 47; in part). Canada Funds-in-Trust. Ottawa, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, by arrangement with the Food and AgriculturesOrganization of the United Nations, 1-7: pag.var. (Ref. 435)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.3).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
